"with his image. Screenwriter Larry Gelbart, as quoted by James Garner once stated that Gable, ""... would not go down with the submarine [referring to ""Run Silent Run Deep"" (1958), where the movie ended differently from the book on which it was based], because Gable doesn't sink"". Eli Wallach, in his autobiography, also states that Wallach's most dramatic scene in ""The Misfits"" was cut from the movie after it had been filmed over several takes. This scene depicts Wallach's character (who secretly loves the character played by Marilyn Monroe) being emotionally crushed when he visits her, hoping to propose to"
"Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as ""The King of Hollywood"". He began his career appearing as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1930. The next year, he landed his first leading Hollywood role, and over the next three decades, he was a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures. Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for ""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and was nominated"
"Clark Gable filmography Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) appeared as an ""extra"" in thirteen films between 1924 and 1930. He also appeared in sixty seven films, as himself in seventeen ""short subject"" films, and he narrated for the World War II propaganda film, ""Combat America"", produced by the United States Army Air Forces. During the period 1924–1930, Clark Gable established himself as a major stage actor. Also during this period, Gable supplemented his income by working as an ""extra"" in motion pictures. Below is a listing of the films that Gable is known or believed to"
"years of his career were spent in low budget biker and horror films such as ""Brides of Blood"" (1968), ""Satan's Sadists"" (1969), ""The Mighty Gorga"" (1969), ""Brain of Blood"" (1971), ""Blood of Ghastly Horror"" (1972), ""Angels' Wild Women"" (1972), and ""Girls for Rent"" (1974). Along with Clark Gable, Kent Taylor served as the inspiration behind the name of Superman's alter-ego Clark Kent. Taylor died on April 9, 1987 at age 79, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was survived by his wife and three children. Kent Taylor Kent Taylor (born Louis"
"as another vehicle for the immensely popular Gable/Turner pairing. Following their success in 1941's ""Honky Tonk"", MGM was looking to capitalize on this new team, hoping to reproduce the box office appeal Gable had when he was paired with actresses Joan Crawford and Jean Harlow in the 1930s. Once filming began, Gable and Turner continued their friendly working relationship. Filming was suspended for a month after Gable's wife, actress Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash. Gable was permitted to take leave from filming for a period of bereavement, and the studio almost scrapped the film. It was retitled"
"as his finest, and Gable, after seeing the rough cuts, agreed. Monroe received the 1961 Golden Globe Award as ""World Film Favorite"" in March 1962, five months before her death. Directors Guild of America nominated Huston as best director. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 100% based on 27 reviews and an average score of 8.1/10. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Gable suffered a heart attack two days after filming ended and died ten days later, November 16, 1960. Monroe and Clift attended the premiere in New York"
"""Dracula"", ""Giselle"", and ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"". Many of the projects he created later were performed by other dance companies, including the Atlanta Ballet and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He played Arthur Ainsley in the 1984 TV British miniseries ""A Woman of Substance"". In 1996 Gable was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to British dance. The following year he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Bradford. Gable was married to dancer Carole Needham. He died from cancer near Halifax, Yorkshire, at the age"
"Allows"" (1955), ""Back Street"" (1961), and ""Madame X"" (1966). In the 1940s, Grey was romantically involved with Clark Gable. Following the death of Carole Lombard, Gable and Grey were often seen together socially, and many expected the two to marry, including Grey herself. In 1949, Gable married Lady Sylvia Ashley, and reportedly, Grey was heartbroken. According to friends, her great love for Gable was the reason she never married. Toward the end of her career, Grey appeared regularly on television programs such as ""General Electric Theater"", ""Bonanza"", and ""The Virginian"". She died in Woodland Hills, California in 2004 at the"
"have appeared in as an ""extra"". Excluding his work as an ""extra"", short films, and war time documentaries, Clark Gable appeared in a total of 67 theatrically released motion pictures. These films are listed below with the names of the characters Gable played, his leading ladies, directors, and co-stars. Except where noted, all of Gable's films were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. During his career as a movie star Gable appeared as himself in the following short subjects: For a number of years US movie exhibitors voted Gable among the most popular film stars in the country: In 1943, Clark Gable narrated"
"shot in black and white. The film was good enough to bring Gable more movie offers, including ""Run Silent, Run Deep"" (also 1958), with co-star and producer Burt Lancaster, which featured his first on-screen death since 1937, and which garnered good reviews. Gable started to receive television offers, but rejected them outright. At 57, Gable finally acknowledged, ""Now it's time I acted my age"". His next two films were light comedies for Paramount: ""But Not for Me"" (1959) with Carroll Baker and ""It Started in Naples"" (1960) with Sophia Loren. The last one, despite an icy critical reception, was a"
"death, Kay Gable said, ""It wasn't the physical exertion that killed him. It was the horrible tension, the eternal waiting, waiting, waiting. He waited around forever, for everybody. He'd get so angry that he'd just go ahead and do anything to keep occupied."" Monroe said that she and Kay had become close during the filming and would refer to Clark as ""Our Man"", while Arthur Miller, observing Gable on location, noted, ""No hint of affront ever showed on his face"". On March 20, 1961, Kay Gable gave birth to Gable's only son, John Clark Gable, at the same hospital in"
"T. E. B. Clarke Thomas Ernest Bennett ""Tibby"" Clarke (7 June 1907 – 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. His scripts always feature careful logical development from a slightly absurd premise to a farcical conclusion. In 1952 he was awarded a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script for ""The Lavender Hill Mob"", making him one of just a handful of Britons to receive this award. He continued to work as a scriptwriter after Ealing ceased production in the mid-1950s, his later contributions including ""Sons and Lovers"" and the Disney film"
"""Red Light"" but changed back to ""Somewhere I'll Find You"" before its release. It was the last film made by Gable prior to his military service during World War II; he did not make another film until 1945. The film was, like the Gable/Turner pairing in ""Honky Tonk"" (1941), a box office success. The pair later made two more films together, ""Homecoming"" (1948) and ""Betrayed"" (1954). Both those movies, like ""Somewhere I'll Find You,"" had Gable and Turner serving as comrades and lovers in World War II. According to MGM records the film earned $2,885,000 in the US and Canada"
"and appeared in World War II propaganda film entitled ""Combat America"", which was produced by the United States Army Air Forces. During his career as a motion picture actor, Clark Gable was thrice nominated for the Best Leading Actor Academy Award. Below is a complete list of his nominations, along with his fellow nominees. Clark Gable filmography Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) appeared as an ""extra"" in thirteen films between 1924 and 1930. He also appeared in sixty seven films, as himself in seventeen ""short subject"" films, and he narrated for the World War II propaganda"
"to work independently. His first two films in this new situation were ""Soldier of Fortune"" and ""The Tall Men"" (both 1955), which were profitable, although only modest successes. In 1955, Gable married his fifth wife, Kay Spreckels (née Kathleen Williams), a thrice-married former fashion model and actress who had previously been married to sugar-refining heir Adolph B. Spreckels Jr. Gable became stepfather to her son Bunker Spreckels, who went on to live a notorious celebrity lifestyle in the late 1960s and early 1970s surfing scene, ultimately leading to his early death in 1977. In 1955, Gable formed a production company"
"the film was popular, and viewers at the time likely recognized Bugs Bunny's behaviour as satire. Gable has been portrayed in films by James Brolin in ""Gable and Lombard"" (1976), Larry Pennell in """" (1980), Edward Winter in """" (1980), Boyd Holister in ""Grace Kelly"" (1983), Gary Wayne in ""Malice in Wonderland"" (1985), Gene Daily in ""The Rocketeer"" (1991), Bobby Valentino in ""RKO 281"" (1999), Bruce Hughes and Shayne Greenman in ""Blonde"" (2001), and Charles Unwin in ""Lucy"" (2003). Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often"
"in Los Angeles, California, where doctors found that he had suffered a heart attack. Newspaper reports the following day listed his condition as satisfactory. By the morning of November 16, he seemed to be improving. But he died that evening at age 59 from an arterial blood clot. Medical staff did not perform CPR for fear that the procedure would rupture Gable's heart, and a defibrillator was not available. There was speculation that Gable's physically demanding role in ""The Misfits"" contributed to his sudden death soon after filming was completed. In an interview with Louella Parsons, published soon after Gable's"
"to the studio to work with Lana Turner in the movie ""Somewhere I'll Find You"". Having lost 20 pounds since the tragedy, Gable evidently was emotionally and physically devastated by it, but Turner stated that Gable remained a professional for the duration of filming. He acted in 27 more films, and remarried twice more. ""But he was never the same"", said Esther Williams. ""He had been devastated by Carole's death."" For details of Gable's combat missions, see RAF Polebrook In 1942, following Lombard's death, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Lombard had suggested that Gable enlist as part of"
"fishing village of New Bedford, Massachusetts was recreated along the waterfront; the sailing ship in the film was fully constructed to be seaworthy; and three 100-foot whales were built out of steel, wood, and plastic. However, the film failed at the box office, with some critics, like David Robinson, suggesting that the movie lacked the ""mysticism of the book"" and thereby ""loses its significance."" Of his next five films, only ""The Misfits"" (1961), found critical approval. However, critics have noted the ""retrospective atmosphere of doom"" which now hangs over the film. Clark Gable, the star, died of a heart attack"
"Combat America Combat America is a 1945 documentary film produced in World War II, narrated by Clark Gable. At the time of the film's production in 1943, Gable was a 1st Lieutenant in the Eighth Air Force, part of the United States Army Air Forces. While he was stationed in England, Gable flew five combat missions from May 4–September 23, 1943, and during one of them, his boot was struck by an anti-aircraft shell, and he was nearly hit by other flak bursts. Gable's film crew included MGM cameraman Andrew J.McIntyre; 1st Lt. Howard Voss, a sound engineer; Master Sgt."
"as their roles."" Turner was then cast in the Western ""Honky Tonk"" (1941), the first of four films in which she would star opposite Clark Gable. The Turner-Gable films' successes were often heightened by gossip-column rumors about a relationship between the two. In January 1942, she began shooting her second picture with Gable, titled ""Somewhere I'll Find You""; however, the production was halted for several weeks after the death of Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, in a plane crash. Meanwhile, the press continued to fuel rumors that Turner and Gable were romantic offscreen, which Turner vehemently denied. ""I adored Mr. Gable,"
"the recovery of bodies from the air crash. Shortly after Lombard's death, Gable, who was inconsolable and devastated by his loss, joined the United States Army Air Forces. Lombard had asked him to do that numerous times after the United States had entered World War II. After officer training, Gable headed a six-man motion picture unit attached to a B-17 bomb group in England to film aerial gunners in combat, flying five missions himself. In December 1943, the United States Maritime Commission announced that a Liberty ship named after Carole Lombard would be launched. Gable attended the launch of the"
"married and bought a house in Teddington, Middlesex and became the parents of twin girls, Anne & Sheila, whose godparents were Renee Houston and Gracie Fields. It is hard for us now to appreciate Leslie’s popularity and huge following; Pathe News filmed the girls christening and the studios dubbed Leslie as Elstree’s Clark Gable. Funny man though he was, he was certainly no Clark Gable! With the onset of WW2, few films were being made. Also Leslie’s style of comedy was beginning to look a bit dated. In 1945 Leslie made one last film called ‘What do we do now?’"
"successful films ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" and ""Ziegfeld Girl"". MGM was looking to make Turner its replacement for the deceased platinum beauty Jean Harlow and therefore cast her alongside the ""King of Hollywood"" himself, Clark Gable. Turner was thrilled at the opportunity of working with Gable, but he was not, as she was twenty years his junior and quite green to the world of Hollywood. When reading lines with her idol, Turner was flustered and blundered quite often. Gable said, ""She couldn't read lines. She didn't make them mean anything; it was obvious she was an amateur."" Nevertheless, the"
"devout Catholic, considered abortion to be a mortal sin. The family remained silent about the claim until Young and Lewis were both deceased. Judy Lewis Judy Lewis (born Judith Young; November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011) was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist. She was the secret biological daughter of actor Clark Gable and actress Loretta Young. Lewis was born on November 6, 1935 in Venice, California. She was conceived while her birth parents, Loretta Young and Clark Gable, were working on the film ""The Call of the Wild"". Gable was married at the time of Lewis's conception,"
"films that, to say the least, aren't stellar"". Some of his last output included ""Baby Geniuses"" and """". Clark was nominated twice for the Razzie Awards as ""Worst Director"", for ""Rhinestone"" and """". At the end of his life, he was working with Howard Stern on a remake of ""Porky's"", and, with ""Black Christmas"" having been remade, two of his other early horror films were slated for expensive remakes: ""Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"" and ""Deathdream"". Clark was divorced, and had one other son, Michael. Clark and his son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in a head-on car crash"
"The King and Four Queens The King and Four Queens is a 1956 DeLuxe Color American Western adventure comedy/mystery film starring Clark Gable and Eleanor Parker in CinemaScope. Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film is based on a story written by Margaret Fitts, who also wrote the screenplay along with Richard Alan Simmons. This film was the first (and last) project from Clark Gable's own production company, GABCO. The story involves a middle-aged cowboy adventurer (Clark Gable) who learns that a stolen fortune remains buried on a ranch that serves as home to four gorgeous young widows and their battle-axe"
"and $1,129,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $1,749,000. Somewhere I'll Find You Somewhere I'll Find You is a 1942 film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The film took almost two years to complete and was the last film Gable starred in before he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces for World War II. His next film was the post-war ""Adventure"" (1945). In October 1941, war correspondents and brothers ""Jonny"" (Clark Gable) and Kirk Davis (Robert Sterling) return to the still-neutral United States after being"
"from being his press agent, had been a close friend. Lombard's funeral was held on January 21 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. She was interred beside her mother under the name of Carole Lombard Gable. Despite remarrying twice following her death, Gable chose to be interred beside Lombard when he died in 1960. Lombard's final film, ""To Be or Not to Be"" (1942), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and co-starring Jack Benny, a satire about Nazism and World War II, was in post-production at the time of her death. The film's producers decided to cut part of"
"to bring them together again and again, they begin to admire each other and fall in love. The fly in the ointment is Gable's second wife Ria. MGM executive Louis B. Mayer fears any publicity about his affair with Lombard will jeopardize Gable's career, and since he is the studio's most valuable player, Mayer becomes protective of his star. Gable and Lombard fish, play practical jokes on each other, laugh, fight, and have fun making up. His wife finally grants him a divorce, and the two wed. The happily ever after ending is thwarted when Lombard is killed in a"
"After the war Saville continued directing films for MGM but eventually returned to Britain. Saville acquired production rights for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer mysteries and produced a few features, though Spillane thought he was interested in doing so only to acquire the money to produce ""The Silver Chalice"". He produced two final films in the 1960s, ""The Greengage Summer"" (1961), adapted from the novel of the same name, and ""Mix Me a Person"" (1962). Victor Saville Victor Saville (25 September 1895 – 8 May 1979) was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and"
"Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film ""Three Live Ghosts"" alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 1920s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray for films directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas such as ""Love"" (1927), ""Grand Hotel"" (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, ""Dark Victory"" (1939) with Bette Davis, and ""The Razor's Edge"" (1946) with"
"for adaptations of the novels ""Lord of the Flies"" by William Golding and ""Brave New World"" by Aldous Huxley. Neither of these scripts ever saw production, as the companies making them went out of business—Kneale commented in a 2003 interview that ""I reckon I closed down at least two film companies."" Another screenplay that went unproduced was a Kneale original, a drama involving a wave of teenage suicides called ""The Big Giggle"", or ""The Big, Big Giggle"". Written in 1965 while Kneale was suffering from a mystery illness and forced to stay in bed for a long period, the concept"